Turbine



April 205 1926. 1,581,465

W. A. MORTON. l

TURBINE il n 4;/ ,li ngln/wgopfag Patented pr. 20, 1926.V

UNITED: STATES WILLIAM A. Moa'roN, or Los ANGELES, GALIFQBNLA. v

TUBBINE. e

Application` filed November 12, 1925. Serial No. 68,632.

- To all whom t mayv concern.'

Beit known that I, WILLIAM A. MonToN, a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia,'have invented/new and useful Improvements -in rl'urbines, otwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is a turbine, particularly adapted for use in driving toolsin well boring, or as al rotary hand tool for driving various portabletools. i

An object of my invention is to torni a turbine which may be driven byaliquid or compressed gas, such as water, airor steam and to io-rin amounting for the turbine so that it may be located at the ybottom otwell piping or a well boring rodto utilize the tur.- bine to drivevarious types oi well drilling and boring tools having arotary action.

A further feature of my invention is a turbine base forming a housingfor the` turbine, the base having a screw threaded rim in which apacking cap may be attached and the ypacking cap having an eductionplate also forming a `iournal and havingl eduction passages for thedischarged liquid or gas used in the turbine. Y

Mv invention will be more read-ily understood from the following'description and drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a sideV elevation of the turbine showing the manner in whichit is complete ly yenclosed with the eduction plate illustrated by abroken section.'

Fig. 2 is a vert'cal section of Fig. 1, on the line 2 2 in the directionof the arrows, showing the turbine housing, the turbine, a packing capforming a closure for the li'ournal housing and a journal for theturbine sha'ft and an eduction plate. also forining` aI journal.

Fig. 3 is a. horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, in thedirection of the arrows, indica-ting the flow passages in the turbinehousing and the-turbine.

Fig. l is a horizontal section of Fig. 2, on the line 4 4 vin thedirection of the arrows. y

Fig. 5 is an end View et` the turbine rotor as it taken in the directionof the arrow 5 ot Fig. 6.

Fig. 6' is rotor in the Fig. 5.

Referring particularly to Figs. l and 2, a .turbine housing `l ispreferaloly formed a side elevation of the'k turbine direction of thearrow 6v of with a standard tapered upper end 2 adapt- .ed to connect toa-well boring rod 3 in the form of a pipe. VThe housing has a vcentralbored passage lffor the compressed gas or liquid being used. A diagonalypassage 5 connects with the passage 4c and is closed at the outer endbyv a plug. 'A turbine chamberV 7 is formed in the base of the housingtor tlie'turbine andl a recess 8 `for a thrust bearing as hereafterdescribed.y An inlet duct 9 leads from the passage 5 to the turbinechamber 7 and an outlet ductlO'is formed on the opposite side of thehousing from the duct 9 for the waste fluids. c,

A rim 11 on the lower'- edge of.v the housing is internally screwlthreaded and receives a packing cap 12, this having a reducedy upper,endy 13 hav-ing a screw threaded engagement with the rim 11. Thispacking cap has an internal socket 14, and"VV an annular deep Groove'p15` with a discharge duct 16 leading from the. outlet duct to theannular groove l5. n

A skirt. 17 depends from the packing cap and has an internally screwthreaded poraway` thefluid used by the turbine.

The turbine rotor is illustrated.particularlyin Figs. 2, 3 and 5 and isdesignated generally bythe numeral 21,' having a. hub 22 with vanes 23extending somewhat radially outwardlyV from the hub, these vanes howeverbeing properlyl curved to catch the iiuid for operating the turbine andto properly discharge said iiuid. f

It will be noted that the inlet port 24 from the inlet duct 9 to theturbinechaniber 7 is at an inclination in the direction lof rotation asindicatedby the arrow in Fig. 3 and the outlet port 25 also has inclinedwalls fronithe turbine cham-ber 7 to the out let duct 10. The turbinerotor is keyed to .a shaft 26 which may be designated as the turbineshaft. f

Theman-n-,er ofY journaling the turbine Yalf-Mitt"is. Substantially aSfellows beine adr 'cated ,in Fig. 2.

A cup 27 is screw threaded into the recess 8 above the turbineehamberand a block 28 fits therein, On this block is placed a Hafingaaae. later supporting ani internal balli-rae@ A11 @stel-nal ball-.race

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31, there being balls 32 between the races, bears against the inerportion of the recess 8 and against the fiat inner end .--The shaft 2Ghas a shoulder engaging the inner ball race and the upper end of theshaft may be slightly coned as indicatedlat 35, extending into the conedsocket 3G, this however, is merely afclearance space to allow play oftheshaft. The above construction forms a thrust bearing for the shaft aswell as forming a centering bea-ring to maintain the turbine in properalinemont.

A .shaft journal 3'? is formed of the inner and outer ball races 3S and39 with balls therebetween, these being situated in a journal socket 41in the-eduction plate 19, this forming a bearing for the lower portionof the shaft maintaining it in proper alinenient.

j A packing of any suitable character .12 is inserted in the internalsocket 1li of the packing cap 12 and packing 13 is inserted in a socketAll formed by a collar t5 projecting downwardly from the eduction plate19. This packing is held in place by a flat ring and an expanding spring46. The lower end 47 of the turbine shaft may be of any suitableshape'and adapted to be connected with various tools. In well drillingoperations these may be well boring tools of a rotary type, or if usedfor surface operations various suitable rotary tools.

1t is believed that the manner of operation of my turbine is clear,however, it may be stated that a fluid such as compressed air will beforced down the pipe 3 through the passages 4 and 5, the inlet duct 9,inlet bore 211 and actuate the turbine by impinging on thev vanes 23.The outlet port 25 leads to the outlet duct 10 and the compress-ed airis educted from the turbine by passage through the discharge duct 16,the annular groove 15 and the eduction ports 2O in the eduction plate19.

It will thus be seen that the turbine is completely enclosed andprotected from the drains of any dirt or in oil or water wells from theoilV or water, the gas or liquid being exhausted, keeping materialsdetrimental to the action of the turbine from passing to the eductionplate 19. Y

It will be readily understood that in well boring the tur iin-e housingcould be main- `tained suiiiciently rigid to prevent it from rotationand thus a high speed boring or drilling action vmay be obtained. If myturbine is to be utilized for surface work, for attaching tools theretoor form the driving power for a pulley or the like, a supply pipe forgas or liquids will be attached to the internally screw threaded end ctthe passage a, the turbine housing being of such size as to be readilygrasped in the hand or heldin asuitable supporting bracket.

Itis lnanlfei that my ygeneralv` turbine constructionrmay beconsiderably modified to suit dierent types of work for which it thegeneral features Yand specific details and these modifications will bewithin the spirit O f my invention as set forth in the description,drawings and claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A turbine' comprising in combination a turbine housing having aturbine chamber in one end, a packing capsecured to the end of theturbine housing, a turbine rotor having a shaft mounted in the turbinechamber, a thrust bearing for the turbine shaft, mounted in a recess inthe turbine housing', adjacent the turbine chamber', and inlet passagesthrough the turbine housing to the turbine chamber, and outlet passagesthrough the turbine housing and the packing cap from the turbinechamber. f

2. A turbine as claimed in claim 1, having in addition an eduction plateattached to the packing cap, said eduction plat having portstherethrough. Y j Y 3. A turbine comprising in combination a turbinehousing having a turbine chamber at one end, a packing cap attached tothe end of the turbine housing, forming aclosure for the said chamber,an eduction pla-te secured to the packing cap, a turbine rotor having ashaft mounted in the turbine chamber, and inlet passages for iuidthrough the turbine housing to the turbine chamber and from the turbinechamber through the packing cap and the eduction plate.

4. A turbine as claimed in claim 3, in which the packing cap has deepgrooves conducting the fluid between the passage through theA packingcapto the passages through the eduction plate.

mayV 1rie-designed, .such changes embodying ing in addition a thrustbearing for the turbine shaft in the turbine housing and a i' sidebearing for the shaft in the eduction plate.

6. A turbine comprising in combination a cylindrical turbine housinghaving an open end with a turbine chamber formed therein, and a recessfor bearings inwardly of the turbine chamber, a packing cap screwthreaded on the end of the turbine housing forming a closure for theturbine chamber, inlet passages in the turbine housing leading from oneend, an inlet `duct having aninlet port at one side of the turbinechamber, an outlet port and outlet duct at the other side of the turbinechamber, aV discharge duct through the packing cap, a turbine rotormounted in the turbine chamber having a shaft, said shaft having athrust bearing in the said recess and passing through the packing cap. au

7; A turbine as claimed 1n claim 6, having ed on the packing cap, havingeduction ports therethrough, and the said packing cap having a deepannular groove forming a passage for the luid from the said dischargeduct to the said eduction ports.

8.1i turbine comprising in combination a cylindrical turbine housinghaving a cylindrical turbine chamber at o-ne end, a recess for bearingsinwardly of the turbine chainber, a rim extending downwardly from theturbine .iousing, a packing cap Y screw threaded to the said rim, thepacking cap having a depending` skirt, a portion of which is internallyscreiv threaded, an eduction plate threaded to the threaded portion ofthe packing cap, the saidpacking cap having a deep annular grooveadjacent the side of the eduction plate, a turbine rotor mounted in theturbine chamber, a shaft having a thrust bearing in the said recess, thesaid shaft extending through the packing cap and the eduction plate, andpassages through the turbine housing to the turbine chamber andl fromthe turbine housing through the packing cap and the eduction plate.

9. A turbine as claimed in claim 8, in which the passages for fluidinclude a central passage in the turbine housing at the opposite endfrom the turbine chamber, an inclined passage connected therewith, aninlet duct at one side of the turbine chamber, an outlet duct on theopposite side of vthe turbine chamber, a discharge duct in the packingcap connecting with the outlet duct and eduction ports through theeduction plate.

10. A turbine as claimed in claim 8, in which the thrust bearing in thesaid recess is of an antiiriction type and a lateral bearing of theanti-friction type in the eduction plate With packings'in the packingcap and in the eduction plate'for the shaft.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

' VILLIAM A. MORTON.

